Colorado has been taking the lead in using the law as a sword against people and businesses who disagree with aspects of progressive theology. Maybe the Supreme Court will put an end to that, though, as it has just granted certiorari in an important case, 303 Creative v. Elenis.
The plaintiff, Lorie Smith, is represented by the able legal team at Alliance Defending Freedom and you can read ADF’s release about the case here.
A Tenth Circuit panel ruled 2-1 in favor of Colorado in a decision that the dissenting judge called Orwellian.
Says ADF general counsel Kristin Waggoner, “Colorado has weaponized its law to silence speech it disagrees with, to compel speech it approves of, and to punish anyone who dares to dissent. Colorado’s law — and others like it — are a clear and present danger to every American’s constitutionally protected freedoms and the very existence of a diverse and free nation.”
Will the authoritarian “progressives” be able to talk the Court into allowing the erosion of the First Amendment to continue? We’ll find out.